Journal History
| 2013 | The inaugural issue was released. Systems was published as a quarterly journal. |
| 2016 |
Systems was indexed in Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1). Systems sponsored the 60th Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Systems Sciences (ISSS2016). |
| 2017 | Systems sponsored the 61st Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Systems Sciences (ISSS2017). |
| 2018 |
Systems announced the first edition of the Travel Awards. Systems sponsored the First Northeast Regional Conference on Complex Systems in Binghamton, NY, USA. Systems sponsored the 62nd Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Systems Sciences (ISSS2018). The International Society for the Systems Sciences (ISSS) became affiliated to Systems, and its members received a discount on the journal’s article processing charges. |
| 2019 |
Systems sponsored the Second Northeast Regional Conference on Complex Systems. Systems sponsored the 63nd Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Systems Sciences (ISSS2019). |
| 2020 |
Systems was indexed in Scopus (Elsevier), starting with Volume 8 (Issue 1). Systems established the following sections: |
| 2021 |
Systems received its first CiteScore (2020) of 0.6, ranked 105/125 in "Decision Sciences: Information Systems and Management"; 228/260 in "Engineering: Control and Systems Engineering"; 298/334 in "Computer Science: Computer Networks and Communications"; 266/290 in "Mathematics: Modeling and Simulation"; 359/389 in "Computer Science: Software". Systems was indexed in Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), starting with Volume 7 (Issue 1). |
| 2022 |
Systems adopted a bimonthly publication schedule. Systems received its new CiteScore (2021) of 4.3, ranked 79/303 in "Mathematics: Modeling and Simulation"; 38/132 in "Decision Sciences: Information Systems and Management"; 92/270 in "Engineering: Control and Systems Engineering"; 125/359 in "Computer Science: Computer Networks and Communications"; 169/398 in "Computer Science: Software". Systems received its first Impact Factor (2.895). Systems published its 500th paper. |
| 2023 | Systems adopted a monthly publication schedule. The year 2023 marked the 10th Anniversary of Systems. |
| 2024 |
Systems established the following section: -Complex Systems was merged with Cybernetics to create a new section Complex Systems and Cybernetics. -Systems Design was discontinued. -Systems Practice in Natural Science was discontinued. -Systems Practice in Engineering was discontinued. -Project Management was discontinued. -Cybernetics was discontinued. |
Editor-in-Chief
| 2013–2015 | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Thomas Van Huynh |
| 2016–2021 | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Ockie Bosch |
| 2021–present | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. William T. Scherer* Prof. Dr. William T. Scherer passed away on 30 October 2024. |
